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Postby Old Tyrannia » Tue Dec 11, 2018 3:31 pm

Geneviev wrote:
LiberNovusAmericae wrote:Well a far-right pagan could have done the attack, but I doubt it. Jihadist is much more likely.

I don't think so. It wasn't said yet.

How many far-right pagan attacks have there been in Europe in the last decades? Obviously we can't know with absolute certainty, but based on the information currently available to us and prior experience it is sensible to say that an Islamist is the most likely culprit.
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Postby Tinhampton » Tue Dec 11, 2018 3:31 pm

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LiberNovusAmericae wrote:I stand corrected, but that graph should be updated.

Now that I looked at the graph further, there is still a recent spike, which is concerning, even though there were decades where it was much higher.

That "spike" was the result of the Paris terror attacks on the 13th of November that killed 130 people. If you look at the graph closely, many of the big surges in recent years were years of big attacks (Madrid Atocha in 2004, 7/7 in 2005, Breivik in 2011).
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Postby Kaggeceria » Tue Dec 11, 2018 3:34 pm

Motives unclear, blame racism, etc.

Move along, nothing to see here.
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Postby LiberNovusAmericae » Tue Dec 11, 2018 3:35 pm

Tinhampton wrote:
LiberNovusAmericae wrote:Now that I looked at the graph further, there is still a recent spike, which is concerning, even though there were decades where it was much higher.

That "spike" was the result of the Paris terror attacks on the 13th of November that killed 130 people. If you look at the graph closely, many of the big surges in recent years were years of big attacks (Madrid Atocha in 2004, 7/7 in 2005, Breivik in 2011).

I'm well aware. Just because it was one major attack doesn't make it any less terrible.
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Postby Loben » Tue Dec 11, 2018 3:36 pm

Kaggeceria wrote:Motives unclear, blame racism, etc.

Move along, nothing to see here.

Ah yes the white people made him do this mmm nyes.

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Postby Kaggeceria » Tue Dec 11, 2018 3:37 pm

Loben wrote:
Kaggeceria wrote:Motives unclear, blame racism, etc.

Move along, nothing to see here.

Ah yes the white people made him do this mmm nyes.

White racism. The only solution is more diversity.
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Postby Napkiraly » Tue Dec 11, 2018 3:39 pm

Please don't be right wing, please don't be right wing, please don't be right wing.

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Postby Loben » Tue Dec 11, 2018 3:39 pm

Kaggeceria wrote:
Loben wrote:Ah yes the white people made him do this mmm nyes.

White racism. The only solution is more diversity.

White supremacy will end when whites are a minority. *nods*

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Postby Scomagia » Tue Dec 11, 2018 3:39 pm

Loben wrote:Better stop having the christmas markets then.

Cowardice isn't an acceptable response to terrorism.
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Postby Loben » Tue Dec 11, 2018 3:40 pm

Scomagia wrote:
Loben wrote:Better stop having the christmas markets then.

Cowardice isn't an acceptable response to terrorism.

Its the go to in europe atm.

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Postby Kaggeceria » Tue Dec 11, 2018 3:40 pm

Loben wrote:
Kaggeceria wrote:White racism. The only solution is more diversity.

White supremacy will end when whites are a minority. *nods*

Diversity isn't working? More diversity is needed.
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Postby Loben » Tue Dec 11, 2018 3:41 pm

Kaggeceria wrote:
Loben wrote:White supremacy will end when whites are a minority. *nods*

Diversity isn't working? More diversity is needed.

Yes.

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Postby Kaggeceria » Tue Dec 11, 2018 3:41 pm

Scomagia wrote:
Loben wrote:Better stop having the christmas markets then.

Cowardice isn't an acceptable response to terrorism.

It is in Europe.

They save their heavy responses for yellow vest protestors and people who share racist jokes on Facebook.
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Postby Snottistan » Tue Dec 11, 2018 3:42 pm

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LiberNovusAmericae wrote:Thank you for intentionally misinterpreting my post. I'm saying that it is more of a problem now, not that the terrorism itself is new.


Not really.

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Should of course be noted of course that the high terrorism levels from the '60's through to '98 can largely be attributed to the fact that Northern Ireland was in a state of borderline civil war that bled all over the British Isles. A pretty exceptional circumstance, and also highly localized. Probably not reflective of the norm on the continent.
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Postby Toaslandia » Tue Dec 11, 2018 3:42 pm

LiberNovusAmericae wrote:
Loben wrote:Yes because a Christian would attack a market in connection in what is probably the holiest days in thr calender.

Well a far-right pagan could have done the attack, but I doubt it. Jihadist is much more likely.

I'm not sure enough people still follow pagan religions for anyone to do that, but if it WAS a pagan, their followers probably wouldn't go up.
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Postby Loben » Tue Dec 11, 2018 3:42 pm

Kaggeceria wrote:
Scomagia wrote:Cowardice isn't an acceptable response to terrorism.

It is in Europe.

They save their heavy responses for yellow vest protestors and people who share racist jokes on Facebook.

Or right wingers in general.

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Postby Petrasylvania » Tue Dec 11, 2018 3:42 pm

Time to round up all the Dirty Muslims, especially the children. /s
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Postby Torrocca » Tue Dec 11, 2018 3:43 pm

Condolences to the victims and their families. Another shitty, shitty tragedy caused by bullshit extremism made from decades of other bullshit.

Now, if only this thread could bother to judge the perpetrator of this attack without wantonly assigning them to Group A or Group B until the facts are all in.
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Postby The Huskar Social Union » Tue Dec 11, 2018 3:43 pm

Snottistan wrote:

Should of course be noted of course that the high terrorism levels from the '60's through to '98 can largely be attributed to the fact that Northern Ireland was in a state of borderline civil war that bled all over the British Isles. A pretty exceptional circumstance, and also highly localized. Probably not reflective of the norm on the continent.
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Postby Loben » Tue Dec 11, 2018 3:44 pm

Torrocca wrote:Condolences to the victims and their families. Another shitty, shitty tragedy caused by bullshit extremism made from decades of other bullshit.

Now, if only this thread could bother to judge the perpetrator of this attack without wantonly assigning them to Group A or Group B until the facts are all in.


Oh, a nazi false flag attack! Fooled da fuck out of me.

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Postby Scomagia » Tue Dec 11, 2018 3:45 pm

Loben wrote:
Scomagia wrote:Cowardice isn't an acceptable response to terrorism.

Its the go to in europe atm.

So you weren't seriously proposing what you posted? You were making a point?
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Postby Kaggeceria » Tue Dec 11, 2018 3:45 pm

Torrocca wrote:Condolences to the victims and their families. Another shitty, shitty tragedy caused by bullshit extremism made from decades of other bullshit.

Now, if only this thread could bother to judge the perpetrator of this attack without wantonly assigning them to Group A or Group B until the facts are all in.

We only judge the group if it's a right-wing terrorist. :^]
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Postby Olerand » Tue Dec 11, 2018 3:45 pm

Vassenor wrote:
Kubumba Tribe wrote:According to Aellex it was.


Whereas all the sources I'm reading say nothing beyond "identified as a known potential extremist".

:roll:

Every time. I'd say one should feel shame but... Oh well.

Anyway, what's new.

Petrasylvania wrote:Time to round up all the Dirty Muslims, especially the children. /s

Back to the pogrom fantasies... I'd call it sick, but... People have their kinks.
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Postby Snottistan » Tue Dec 11, 2018 3:45 pm

Kubumba Tribe wrote:
LiberNovusAmericae wrote:Well a far-right pagan could have done the attack, but I doubt it. Jihadist is much more likely.

No it's not.

When you look at the number of Muslims in Europe versus the number of pagans, it's vastly more likely.
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Postby Loben » Tue Dec 11, 2018 3:45 pm

Scomagia wrote:
Loben wrote:Its the go to in europe atm.

So you weren't seriously proposing what you posted? You were making a point?
.

Yes i was making a point.

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